Beyond Binaries opens at DAG
It features works with video, photography, paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, wire and mixed media works on show.
FOLLOWING months of refurbishment, the Durban Art Gallery reopens to the public on Sunday, 11 December, with a new exhibition throughout all gallery spaces, entitled Beyond Binaries.
The exhibition Beyond Binaries is a curated exhibition featuring work by 26 artists. The exhibition aims to open up discussion on the current climate of polarization and intolerance, and the increasing trend towards fixed identities.
It features works with video, photography, paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, wire and mixed media works on show. South African born artists are complemented by their peers born in African countries as well as artists born in India, China and Germany.
Several exhibits address critical questions concerning race, gender, national identity and heritage. The relationship of people to the natural environment provides another sub-theme that is prominently featured. Several exhibits bring binaries into focus, while others attempt to transcend these to create or suggest hybrid, fluid or emerging notions of identity.
Beyond Binaries was originally commissioned by the eThekwini Municipality for the recent Essence Festival Durban, where it was exhibited at the Durban ICC under the banner of ARTiculate Africa. The exhibition runs until 19 February 2017 and is open seven days a week from 8.30am until 3.45pm. On Sundays, the exhibition will be open from from 11am until 3.45pm.
